Myrna Rego
Co-founder / Founder TrusteeFounder of Sunbird Trust
Myrna Rego is the co-founder / founder trustee of Sunbird Trust (2014)[1], an Indian non-profit working on education and tribal welfare from Bengaluru.
Sunbird Trust
Sunbird Trust was founded in 2014 by Col Christopher Rego (Retd), drawing on his years in Mizoram and Manipur, on the belief that education is a catalyst for peace in Northeast India. It works in remote and conflict-affected areas through school transformation and government school programmes, scholarships and sponsorships for students, a teachers' training academy, a leaders' fellowship, and community development and livelihood support.
Sunbird Trust reports the following, on its own site:
- 4,93,261 lives impacted (as of 31 March 2026)
- 65,791 annual scholarships
- 38 schools and hostels built
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Founded
- 2014
- Press
- 1
References
- [1] “Hailing from an Army family and married to Col Chris Rego, founder of Sunbird Trust, Myrna has travelled the length and breadth of India.” — Sunbird Trust. Source
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